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John W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

DevoirWe are told that devoir can sometimes mean 'to need to [do]' yet only one example is given and no further explanation. In the example devoir is followed by a verb in the infinitive. Is that how devoir can be used?

Asked 8 years ago

Rant O.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

restaurantWould it be inappropriate to say 'ça y est' at a restaurant when they ask you if you have finished your meal? Or would that sound like you are saying it was difficult to finish, but I finally did it (perhaps being offensive)?

Asked 8 years ago

Mia M.A1KwizIQ community member

What is the difference between the two? I tried to use donc il pose des questions but the answer was alors.

Asked 5 years ago

William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I have tried to include “depuis”, “durant” and “pour” in the one sentence.J'étudie le français durant deux heures tous les jours depuis mon anniversaire le mois dernier, mais j’ai seulement étudié durant quatre-vingt-dix minutes hier soir tellement je devrai étudier pour deux et demie heures demain

Asked 9 years ago

D K.C1KwizIQ community member

Why can you use inversion with nouns in this expression?According to the lesson 'Forming inverted questions with names, things and emphasis', you can't use inversion with nouns (for example, 'Vient Sophie?'); you need to add a pronoun ('Sophie vient-elle?'). But here in the examples we see 'Comment vont tes enfants?' and 'Comment va Paul?'. Why isn't it 'Comment tes enfants vont?' or 'Comment tes enfants vont-ils?' Is this a peculiarity of this particular expression, or are there other cases where inversion can be used with nouns with no pronoun?

Asked 8 years ago

maxine w.A1KwizIQ community member

"....nos jambes a notre cou !" Pourquoi est-ce que le mot "cou", n'est pas en forme pluriel?

Asked 7 years ago

Marnie C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I’m going to avoid sentences like ‘je fais autant la vaisselle que Thomas ‘ because ther.

Asked 8 years ago

David S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ainsi que or tout comme

The quiz asked: "Les choses se sont passees ___ je l'avais prevu" Things happened just as I had planned.

I answered "tout comme". It wanted "ainsi que" but isn't "tout comme" another valid answer here? Possibly even a little more correct since "tout" conveys the additional emphasis that "just" does in English?

Asked 8 years ago

Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

en libérant vs par libérer

To translate "Coco Chanel became very popular 'by freeing' women from the corset", they used en libérant while I used par libérer because I thought en libérant would mean "while liberating" vs the "by liberating" they asked for. Am I wrong? Thats what I thought I understood from other examples in the past.

Asked 7 years ago

J. T.C1KwizIQ community member

Does this indicate failure?In English, when we say “I was going to...”, it implies that we intended to do something but didn’t. Is the same true in French? Or, for example, could I say « J’allais ouvrir la fenêtre quand j’ai entendu un crie horrible. Je suis sorti par la fenêtre tout suite ! »

Asked 7 years ago

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